Kundapur: A 65-year-old man was killed on the spot as a car hit his scooter on Sunday evening, near the Shrikatte Bhandari Temple in Kalavara village of the taluk.

The deceased has been identified as Narasimha Shetty, who had been standing by his scooter that he had parked by the road. A car that was traveling from Koteshwara in the taluk to Haladi rammed to the scooter. Shetty, who was grievously injured in the collision, died on the spot.

Kundapur Traffic Police officials have booked a case and are investigating the incident.

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New Delhi (PTI): Raghu Rai, one of India's best known photographers whose lens captured India in its many shades, died at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83.

“Dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago but he was cured. Then it spread to the stomach, that too was cured. Recently the cancer spread to his brain and then there were age related issues too,” Nitin Rai, photographer and Rai’s son, told PTI.

He is survived by wife Gurmeet, son Nitin and daughters Lagan, Avani and Purvai.

The last rites will be performed at Lodhi Crematorium at 4pm on Sunday.